物なら

ものなら もんなら

if I (we, etc.) could

くず物

くずもの

trash, junk, garbage

門徒物知らず

もんとものしらず

ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

ずらずら

in succession, in an endless stream, continuing without pause or interruption

然ならず

さならず

it is not as such, it does not seem as such

日ならず

ひならず

before long, in a few days

ならず者

ならずもの

ruffian, scamp, hooligan

常ならず

つねならず

unusually, uncharacteristically

物に似ず

ものににず

incomparable

斜めならず

ななめならず なのめならず

unusually, extraordinarily, uncommonly

一再ならず

いっさいならず

to over and over

少なからず

すくなからず

considerably, not a little, in no small numbers

のみならず

besides, as well as

心ならずも

こころならずも

unwillingly, reluctantly, against one's will

一度ならず

いちどならず

not just once, more than once, many times, again and again

一方ならず

ひとかたならず いっぽうならず

unusually, greatly

なずらえ歌

なずらえうた

allusive form (of waka)

知らず知らず

しらずしらず

unconsciously, unwittingly, unawares

物ともせず

ものともせず

in the face of, in defiance of